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To: Blood of Tyrants
Boy, did I ever screw up the editing on that last post: 340m/s=760.76MPH or 1115FPS, just over the speed of sound or Mach1; Mach9 would be ~9450MPH.
88 posted on 12/06/2002 11:54:19 AM PST by Old Professer
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To: Old Professer
I'm going to have to quit trying dig this hole, I guess; Mach1=~1100FPS=760.2MPH.Mach9=6752MPH=9790FPS.

I gotta low down.

89 posted on 12/06/2002 12:09:39 PM PST by Old Professer
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I see where I screwed up, it was the reference to the 6M speed with 340 m/s equalling 1 M. 6*340 m/s = 2.04 km/sec = 4563 m/hr.
92 posted on 12/06/2002 1:35:44 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants
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